Excerpt from History of Shearn Church: 1837-1907 Rev. S. H. Werlein; Rev. G. W. Briggs; Rev. H. M. Dubose; Rev. D. F. C. Timmons; Rev. E. W. Solomon; Rev. G. C. Rankin; Rev. Seth Ward; Rev. Sam R. Hay; Rev. J. W. Moore; Official Boards; Charles Shearn; Alexander McGowen; T W. House, Sr; G. S. Hardcastle; Darius Gregg; Church Societies; Sunday School; Young Men's Christian Social Union; Epworth League and Church Music; Church Buildings and Missions; Negro Church; Parsonages, Sunday School Superintendents, Presiding Elders, and Preachers in Charge; Reminiscences of Shearn Church About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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